Essays about: "V.S. Naipaul"

Found 2 essays containing the words V.S. Naipaul.

  1. 1. Sports of Empire: Squash as Signifier in V.S. Naipaul’s A Bend in the River

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Timothy Kääriä; [2018-06-12]
    Keywords : engelska; Squash; V.S. Naipaul; A Bend in the River; postcolonial literature; postcolonial sports; Africa; sports in literature; sports and empire; English sports;

    Abstract : The protagonist of V.S. Naipaul’s 1979 novel A Bend in the River is an ethnic Indian living in Africa as part of an expatriate community of traders in the city at the bend in the river. He sympathises with the Western world, listens to BBC Radio, and tries very hard to distance himself and show himself as different from the native Africans. READ MORE

  3. 2. Furniture and Possessions in A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Kerstin Lind Bonnier; [2009]
    Keywords : V.S. Naipaul; Biswas; furniture; possessions; things; objects;

    Abstract : In V.S. Naipaul’s novel A House for Mr. Biswas furniture and possessions are consistently present and their path can be clearly traced, but they are rarely brought to the fore as the central image in the unfolding events of the novel. READ MORE